Caramel
Day 8 – Toffee Popcorn!
In our house, Christmas is a time for snuggling up on the sofa together in front of a roaring fire. … Read more…
Day 3 – Salted Caramels
Day 3 of The Pink Whisk 12 Days of Christmas and today it’s Salted Caramels – the perfect gift for someone special (or indeed you – I won’t tell anyone you made them!)
Ingredients:
175ml double cream
135g caster sugar
85g golden syrup
On the third day of Christmas The Pink Whisk sent to me……Christmas Monkey Bread
It’s Monkey Bread time….but this time with a Christmas twist – I couldn’t resist. This is my entry into the Merchant Gourmet Christmas Chestnut Challenge! (If you don’t want the Christmas twist the original version is here.)
Ingredients:
For the dough
500g Strong White Flour
2 tsp Mixed Spice
1 1/2 tsp Salt
55g Butter
2 Eggs beaten
2 tbsp Honey
15g Dried Yeast (3 tsp)
175ml Milk
For the sugar coat
150g Caster Sugar
2 tsp Mixed Spice
For the Sauce
200g Butter
100g Dark Brown Sugar
Plus 1 x regular sized jar of ready made mincemeat
1 x 100g pack of Merchant Gourmet Whole Chestnuts you can find stockists through their website – Merchant Gourmet but most major supermarkets sell them at this time of year.… Read more…
Gruesomely Vile Halloween Cupcakes
Okay then, these cupcakes are delicious (honestly) and don’t just have to be for Halloween – they’re otherwise known as mint choc chip cupcakes only these have been morphed into hideously horrible cakes for Halloween!
Makes 12.
Ingredients:
Cakes
280g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
110g caster sugar
200g chocolate chips, plain
2 eggs, large
225ml milk
6tbsp oil (rapeseed or sunflower)
1tsp peppermint essence
green food colouring (optional)
Filling
1/2 can of Carnation Caramel (Dulche de Leche)
red food colouring (optional)
Frosting
125g butter
250g icing sugar, sifted
1tbsp milk
Food colouring (optional)
Preheat the oven to 180c Fan/200c/Gas Mark 5.… Read more…
Caramel Cake
Caramel Cake with Crushed Daim Bars
Ingredients:
Cake
300g butter
180g dark muscovado sugar
1/2 397g tin Carnation Caramel (Dulche de Leche)
6 eggs
320g self raising flour
Filling
125g butter
250g Icing Sugar
1 spoonful of Caramel (from the tin)
Icing
250g Icing Sugar
1 spoonful of Caramel (from the tin)
10ml water
2 Daim Bars
I thought I would use this cake to test out my new tin. … Read more…
